House - medieval

The National Monuments Service's description

A stone-walled undercroft (dims. c. 25m N-S; 8.1m E-W) was built c. 7m E of St Peter's church (WA009-005023-). It may be part of a house built by John Collyn in 1470 on land granted to him by Thomas Rice (MacNiocaill 1966, 170). The walls (Wth 0.7-1m; H 1.2-1.45m) have a 1m wide footing and there were three relieving arches visible in the outer face of the W wall. A doorway with two steps leading from it is at the E end of the S wall. A stone-lined pit (int. dims. 3.1m N-S; 1.4m E-W) 9m to S was incorporated into the SE angle of the undercroft when it was extended to the S and W by a new structure (int. dims. 13m N-S; 11.4m E-W). The E wall (Wth 1.2m; max. H 1.8m) of this later building abutted the S wall of the original undercroft. (Scully 1997a, 181-4)

MacNiochaill, G. (1966) Registrum cantariae S. Salvatoris Waterfordensis, Anal. Hib. 23, 135-222.
Scully O.M.B. (1997a) 'Section 6: (v) The stone undercrofts' In M. Hurley et al. (1997) Late Viking age and medieval Waterford: excavations 1986-92, 176-185. Waterford Corporation.

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload/revision: 23 December 2008